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CFP 10th International Workshop on Collaborative Agents Research & Development (CARE) -- CARE for Smarter Health, AAMAS, Montreal, CA
by Fernando Koch 05 Feb '19

05 Feb '19

Please, consider submitting a contribution to CARE @ AAMAS 2019. The 10th International Workshop on Collaborative Agents Research & Development (CARE) -- CARE for Smarter Health (CARE 2019). In conjunction with AAMAS 2019, 13-14 May, Montreal, Canada http://www.care-workshops.org/care2019 ** IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission: Feb 25 Notification of acceptance: Mar 17 Camera-ready: Mar 31 Workshop: May 13-14 ** KEYNOTE SPEAKER Prof. Dr. Christian Guttmann(*), "How Multi-Agent Systems and AI is a driving transformation force in Health Care" Artificial Intelligence offers substantial benefits to how we deliver health care and medicine. AI is becoming increasingly accurate and effective in performing a broad range of complex health care related tasks (e.g. recognizing a malignant tumour on MRIs, and coordinating care). Such AI driven performance can then be scaled up, improve health outcomes and save many lives. As a result, AI helps clinicians, patients and many health stakeholders to make faster, better, and cheaper decisions, at scale. This presentation provides an overview of the state of the art in how AI and MAS are shaping the health care journey forward. (*) Vice President, Global Head of AI, Tieto, Sweden; has been recently named a Top 100 AI Leaders in Drug Discovery and Advanced Healthcare, by Deep Knowledge Analytics (https://www.ai-pharma.dka.global/ai-leaders) ** SUMMARY "CARE for Smarter Health" aims to discuss computational models, social computing, decision support systems, and agent-based technology, both theoretical models as well as research applied to practical solutions related to Healthcare and Medicine, including (non-exhaustive list):Personalized Healthcare. Topics of interest include (non-exhaustive list): - Personalised Healthcare - Ethical Issues of AI and Health - Distributed Healthcare Systems - Social Computing in Healthcare - Decision support systems in Healthcare - Care for Chronic Conditions with AI Support - Deep Learning in Medicine - Medical Expert Systems - Care Team Coordination and Collaboration - Medical Robotics, Drones, Surgery, Prosthetics - Chatbots in Healthcare - Social Media Analysis for Epidemiology The CARE workshop series promotes the research agenda around topics relevant to the future of the society aiming at novel technologies, translate research into industry, support new business and create new industries. The discussion will address questions such as: How to create and combine currently scientific paradigms and disruptive technologies that enable the next generation of solutions for challenging scenarios in health and socially-centred applications? How can we create computational models, representations, algorithms and protocols to enable the next generation of intelligent collaborative technologies? And finally, how to translate these advanced researches into industry solutions? The half-day event will feature a mixture of invited talks, discussions and submitted contributions describing current work or work in progress in AI, agent and machine learning research and technology. We conclude with a panel discussion around a proposed research agenda to advance the field of collaborative technology and healthcare, to foment the development of new technologies, support new business structures, and shape the academia-industry relationship. ** SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION Submission is done electronically through Easychair. They should be formatted according to LNCS specification and submitted as a PDF file. https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=care-2019 We seek three types of submissions: - Full paper of 8-12 pages. - Short paper of 4 pages, such as position and early result papers. - Demo paper of 4 pages describing a demonstration. Submissions will be peer-reviewed by, at least, three reviewers per paper. Selection criteria will include relevance, significance, impact, originality, technical soundness, and quality of presentation. Some preference may also be given to papers which address emergent trends or important common themes, or which enhance balance of workshop topics. We plan to publish selected papers through Springer, possibly as Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS). ** ORGANISATION COMMITTEE Dr. Fernando Koch, IBM Global Services, USA Dr. Andrew Koster, IIIA-CSIC & Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain Prof. Dr. Christian Guttmann, University of New South Wales, Australia & Karolinska Institute & Nordic AI Institute & Tieto, Sweden ** TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE Alessio Bottrighi, Dipartimento di Informatica, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Italy Andrew Koster, IIIA-CSIC, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain Apostolos Gotsias, University of the Aegean, Greece Atsushi Yoshikawa, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Beatriz López, University of Girona, Italy Christian Guttmann, Nordic AI Institute, Karolinska Institute, TIETO, Sweeden Clare Martin, Oxford Brookes University, UK Dongwen Wang, Arizona State University, USA Fernando Koch, IBM Global Services, USA Fumihiro Sakahira, KOZO KEIKAKU ENGINEERING Inc., Japan Hugo Paredes, INESC TEC and UTAD, Portugal Ingo J. Timm, University of Trier, Germany Isabelle Bichindaritz, State University of New York at Oswego, USA Jianqi An, China University of Geosciences, China Jinhua She, Tokyo University of Technology, Japan Klaus-Dieter Althoff, DFKI / University of Hildesheim, Germany Luca Anselma, Università di Torino, Italy Luigi Portinale, Universita' del Piemonte Orientale "A. Avogadro", Italy Manfred Reichert, University of Ulm, Germany Masanori Fujita, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Michael Ignaz Schumacher, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO), Switzerland Michel Dojat, INSERM, France Néstor Darío Duque Méndez, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia Nirmalie Wiratunga, The Robert Gordon University, UK Petra Perner, Institute of Computer Vision and Applied Computer Sciences, Germany Rainer Schmidt, University of Rostock, Germany Sadiq Sani, Robert Gordon University Aberdeen, UK Sara Montagna, Università di Bologna, Italy Satoshi Takahashi, Tokyo University of Science, Japan Shihan Wang, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands Tiago Primo, Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil Tilman Dingler, The University of Melbourne, Australia Vassilis Koutkias, Institute of Applied Biosciences, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Greece Vinicius Renan de Carvalho, University of São Paulo, Brazil Yeunbae Kim, Institute for Information and Communication Technology Promotion, South Korea

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CFP: Special Event on Analysis of Experimental Algorithms (SEA^2 2019)
by Konstantinos Parsopoulos 05 Feb '19

05 Feb '19

-- CALL FOR PAPERS (apologies for multiple postings) -- *SPECIAL EVENT ON ANALYSIS OF EXPERIMENTAL ALGORITHMS (SEA^2 2019)*(this is a rename of the Symposium on Experimental Algorithms - SEA 2019 posted in previous calls) June 24-29, 2019, Kalamata, Greece http://www.caopt.com/SEA2019/ SEA^2 (Special Event on Analysis of Experimental Algorithms) is an international forum for researchers in the area of design, analysis, and experimental evaluation and engineering of algorithms, as well as in various aspects of computational optimization and its applications. SEA^2 aims to attract papers from both the Computer Science and the Operations Research/Mathematical Programming communities. The main theme of the symposium is the role of experimentation and engineering techniques in the design and evaluation of algorithms, data structures, and computational optimization methods. SEA^2 hosts original research works specializing in various aspects of algorithm engineering and computational optimization. Submissions should present significant contributions supported by experimental evaluation, methodological issues in the design and interpretation of experiments, the use of (meta-) heuristics, or application-driven case studies that deepen the understanding of the complexity of a problem. Contributions related to Computer Science cover a variety of topics including but not limited to: Algorithm Engineering Algorithmic Libraries Algorithmic Mechanism Design Analysis of Algorithms Algorithms for Memory Hierarchies Algorithms for the World-Wide-Web Approximation and Randomization Techniques Branch-and-Bound Algorithms Combinatorial Structures and Graphs Complex Networks Computational Geometry Cryptography and Security Data Streams Data Structures Distributed and Parallel Algorithms Computer Systems Graph Drawing Information Retrieval Network Analysis Novel Applications of Algorithms in Other Disciplines Software Repositories and Platforms for using Algorithms Telecommunications and Networking Contributions related to Operations Research / Mathematical Programming cover a variety of topics including but not limited to: Approximation Techniques Artificial Intelligence Bioinformatics Combinatorial Optimization Computational Learning Theory Computational Optimization Evaluation of Optimization Algorithms for Realistic Environments Experimental Techniques and Statistics Heuristics for Combinatorial Optimization Implementation, Testing, Evaluation and Fine-tuning Integer Programming Logistics and Operations Management Machine Learning and Data Mining Mathematical Programming Metaheuristic Methodologies Multiple Criteria Decision Making Online Problems Optimization Methods in Big Data Problems Parallel Algorithms and Computing Railway Optimization using Algorithmic Methods Randomized Techniques Robotics Semidefinite Programming Simulation PROCEEDINGS AND SUBMISSION All accepted papers will be published in a post-conference volume of the series on Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) from Springer. The LaTeX template can be found at: https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu… The manuscript should not exceed 16 pages in LNCS format, including figures, title, authors, affiliations, e-mail addresses, and a short abstract. A clearly marked Appendix, which will not count toward the page submission limit, can be included and will be read at the referees’ discretion. Final proceedings papers must be camera-ready in the corresponding format. All papers must be submitted in PDF using EasyChair through the SEA^2 2019 Submission System ( https://easychair.org/my/conference.cgi?conf=sea2019) IMPORTANT DATES Full paper submission: *** February 15, 2019 *** Acceptance notification: *** March 29, 2019 *** Camera-ready version: *** April 12, 2019 *** Conference dates: *** June 24-29, 2019 *** INVITED SPEAKERS 1. Dimitrios M. Thilikos LIRMM (Université de Montpellier) and CNRS (France), Department of Mathematics, NKUA (Greece) 2. Fani Boukouvala School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology (USA) TUTORIAL Alfred Inselberg (School of Mathematical Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Israel) "Visualization and Data Mining for High-Dimensional Datasets" VENUE Elite City Resort, Kalamata, Greece, http://elite.com.gr SEA^2 2019 General Chairs Ilias S. Kotsireas, Wilfrid Laurier University (Canada), ikotsire(a)wlu.ca Panos M. Pardalos, University of Florida (USA), pardalos(a)ufl.edu ---

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CFP: 10th International Conference on Ambient Intelligence, Avila (Spain), 26th - 22th June, 2019
by Jaime Lloret Mauri 05 Feb '19

05 Feb '19

10th International Conference on Ambient Intelligence University of Salamanca �vila (Spain) | 26th - 22th June, 2019 www.isami-conference.net info(a)isami-conference.net SCOPE Ambient Intelligence (AmI) is a recent paradigm emerging from Artificial Intelligence (AI), where computers are used as proactive tools assisting people with their day-to-day activities, making everyone�s life more comfortable. Another main concern of AmI originates from the human computer interaction domain and focuses on offering ways to interact with systems in a more natural way by means user friendly interfaces. This field is evolving quickly as can be witnessed by the emerging natural language and gesture based types of interaction. The inclusion of computational power and communication technologies in everyday objects is growing and their embedding into our environments should be as invisible as possible. In order for AmI to be successful, human interaction with computing power and embedded systems in the surroundings should be smooth and happen without people actually noticing it. The only awareness people should have arises from AmI: more safety, comfort and wellbeing, emerging in a natural and inherent way. ISAmI is the International Symposium on Ambient Intelligence, aiming to bring together researchers from various disciplines that constitute the scientific field of Ambient Intelligence to present and discuss the latest results, new ideas, projects and lessons learned.Brand new ideas will be greatly appreciated as well as relevant revisions and actualizations of previously presented work, project summaries and PhD thesis. TOPICS The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Applications Ambient Assisted Living Ubiquitous Computing Artificial Intelligence for AmI Distributed Computing Domotics (Home Automation) Pervasive Computing Context Aware Computing Agent & Multiagent Systems for AmI Mobile Computing Robotics Computational Creativity Sentient Computing e-Health Context Modelling e Learning Memory Assistant IMPORTANT DATES Submission date 11th February, 2019 Notification date 11th March, 2019 Camera-ready deadline 29th March, 2019 Conference dates 26th-28th June, 2019 SPECIAL ISSUES Authors of selected papers from ISAMI 2019 will be invited to submit an extended and improved version to special issues in diffetent journals. COMMITTEE GENERAL CHAIRS Jaime Lloret Technical University of Valencia Spain Paulo Novais Universidade do Minho Portugal ORGANISING COMMITTEE Davide Carneiro Intelligent Systems Lab - Universidade do Minho Portugal Sigeru Omatu Hiroshima University Japan Pablo Chamoso University of Salamanca Spain INVITED SPEAKERS V.S. Subrahmanian Dartmouth College (USA) Toshiharu Sugawara Waseda University (Japan) Marco Dorigo Free University of Brussels (Belgium) WORKSHOPS AIfeH Ambient Intelligence for e-Healthcare isami-conference.net/workshops/aifeh Ni-AFCiA Non-intrusive acquisition and fusion of context information in Ambient Intelligence isami-conference.net/workshops/ni-afcia DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM The aim of the Doctoral Consortium is to provide a frame where students can present their on going research work and meet other students and researchers, and obtain feedback on future research directions. The Doctoral Consortium is intended for students who have a specific research proposal and some preliminary results, but who are still far from completing their dissertation. All proposals submitted to the Doctoral Consortium will undergo a thorough reviewing process with the aim to provide detailed and constructive feedback. The accepted submissions will be presented at the Doctoral Consortium and published in the conference proceedings. AWARDS Sensor MDPI best paper Award with 500 CHF More information: www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors ACCOMMODATION GRANTS The conference in collaboration with BISITE Research Group (bisite.usal.es) offers 40 grants/awards to doctoral and young doctors both to the event itself (including Workshops and Special Sessions) and to the parallel Co-located events. More information: www.isami-conference.net/open-calls/call-for-grants-awards SUBMISSIONS Review process ISAmI welcomes the submission of application papers with preference to the topics listed in the call for papers. All submitted papers will undergo a thorough review process; each paper will be refereed by at least three experts in the field based on relevance, originality, significance, quality and clarity. The papers must consist of original, relevant and previously unpublished sound research results related to any of the topics of the conference Submitting papers ISAmI papers must be formatted according to the Springer AISC Template, with a maximum length of 8 pages in length (4 pages in Doctoral Consortium), including figures and references. All proposed papers must be submitted in electronic form (PDF format) using the Paper Submission Page. Publication Accepted papers will be included in ISAmI Proceedings. At least one of the authors will be required to register and attend the symposium to present the paper in order to include the paper in the conference proceedings. All accepted papers will be published by AISC series of Springer Verlag. www.isami-conference.net info(a)isami-conference.net

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Invitation to Regional Forum on Digital Accessibility, 07th Feb 2019, Islamabad
by farhan khan 05 Feb '19

05 Feb '19

Greetings from Internet Society Pakistan Islamabad Chapter! Pleased to inform you that ISOC Islamabad is holding a day long *'Regional Forum on Digital Accessibility'* with an objective to discuss challenges and opportunities of accessing internet for disabled community, as well as the interventions that have been done with in Asia Pacific Region. *WE ARE HOSTING THIS FORUM ON 7TH FEBRUARY, 2019 FROM 9 AM TO 5 PM AT RAMADA HOTEL, ISLAMABAD, Pakistan.* Location Pin: https://goo.gl/maps/PWkkkVSoPfp I am honored to invite you to participate and attaching herewith the program agenda and an invitation card for your kind information, feel free to share in your circles. *PLEASE R.S.V.P BY SIGNING UP TO THIS *FORM: https://goo.gl/forms/ZzLRaKO1GpvEmF4E3 Looking forward to welcoming you! Warm Regards, Farhan Khan General Secretary Internet Society Pakistan Islamabad Chapter Cell: 0345-5191161 Please write to us in case of any queries: gs(a)isoc.pk <https://isoc.pk:2096/cpsess6539550231/horde/imp/dynamic.php?page=message&bu…> , Farhankhanciit(a)gmail.com <https://isoc.pk:2096/cpsess6539550231/horde/imp/dynamic.php?page=message&bu…> *PLEASE USE THE ATTACHED BANNER OF EVENT "REGIONAL FORUM ON DIGITAL ACCESSIBILITY" IN YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES.* You can find more about us and stay in touch to have information about upcoming events and activities by following us on: Web URL: http://www.isoc.pk Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/ISOCIBD.PK Twitter: https://twitter.com/ISOCibdpk [image: image.png]

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Opening at German University of technology in Oman (assistant prof in Computer science)
by Nabil Sahli 05 Feb '19

05 Feb '19

Assistant Professor in Computer Science The German University of Technology in Oman (GUtech) was established in collaboration with RWTH Aachen University in 2007 in Muscat, the capital of the Sultanate of Oman. The Vision of the German University of Technology in Oman is to become a leading university of technology in the wider region by building on the three pillars of education, research and innovation. Through its affiliation with RWTH Aachen University, the German University of Technology in Oman provides students with the education required to become highly qualified and socially responsible graduates, guided by German excellence and with a firm grounding in Oman's culture and heritage. GUtech's programmes of study are accredited by the German agency ACQUIN and the University has recently undergone a successful evaluation by the German Academic Exchange Service DAAD. GUtech faculty also engage in local research projects, often in cooperation with RWTH Aachen University and other universities abroad. The Computer Science Department at GUtech is committed to excellence in teaching and research. It is striving to convey broad theoretical and practical knowledge to its students, while focusing on cutting-edge technologies and latest standards. In addition to covering areas related to programming, databases, Web-based technologies, networking, computer systems, mobile applications, and software engineering, the Computer Science curriculum of the department includes an important business component. The Computer Science Department is going to expand in the near future. A new Master degree in Computer Science is expected to start in September 2019. Skilful, motivated, and devoted faculty members will, therefore, be needed accordingly. The Computer Science Department is seeking applications for the position of a Assistant Professor in Computer Science 1. Requirements and Competencies Candidates must have a PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related fields. They should have demonstrated excellence in teaching undergraduate/graduate courses and able to prove minimum of 3 years teaching experience at higher education level in Computer Science (or related fields). Candidates from all research/teaching areas are welcome, but preference will be given to candidates with expertise in one of the following: Mobile application development; Web design and development; Data Science; Security. Industry experience is an asset, as well as research activities and publications. The successful applicant will be expected to teach several courses on the undergraduate and graduate level. Candidates should have excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work within a multi-cultural team environment. The language of instruction at GUtech is English. 2. Tasks and Responsibilities We are looking for skillful, motivated, and devoted candidates to fulfill the following responsibilities: - Teaching undergraduate/graduate computer science courses - Developing and implementing teaching and learning initiatives - Supervising Bachelor/Master thesis projects - Contributing to students' advising - Contributing to high quality research activities as appropriate - Contributing to accreditation activities - Providing services to the department, university, and community 3. Our Offer GUtech offers an international and dynamic environment with an extensive research network supported by RWTH Aachen University. The employer will be the German University of Technology in Oman. The appointment is initially for four years and renewable, dependent on positive performance reviews. The salary is internationally competitive. Offers are subject to receiving Omani teaching and labour permits, which will be arranged by the University. A preference is given to Omani nationals. Applicants should visit our HR website to upload a curriculum vitae, a statement of teaching experience, a list of publications, a description of research interests, copies of relevant certificates, a selection of student evaluations of teaching (if available), and the names of at least three academic references. Only applications submitted via the online portal are considered: https://oes-careers.com/job/assistant-professor-in-computer-science/ Kind Regards, Nabil Sahli, PhD., Eng. Head, Department of Computer Science German University of Technology in Oman

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Call for Papers - ACM NanoCom 2019
by Peter Mueller 04 Feb '19

04 Feb '19

ACM NanoCom 2019 6th ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication Dublin, Ireland, September 16-18, 2019 http://nanocom.acm.org/nanocom2019/index.php Call for Papers Communication technologies at micro- and nanoscale are essential for tackling numerous challenges in many fields, including ICT, medicine, pharmacology, synthetic biology, and materials science. The interdisciplinary nature of the related research challenges has prompted the creation of new multidisciplinary work groups. The 6th ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication (ACM NanoCom 2019) aims to further grow the research community that contributes to nanocomputing and communications, and to stimulate the knowledge transfer to industries. ACM NanoCom 2019 will highlight novel research results and breakthrough ideas, and identify directions for short and medium term exploitation. Novel theoretical and experimental research contributions are welcome. The conference will feature contributed and invited papers, posters, and keynote addresses in this emerging inter-disciplinary field. We invite submissions in areas including (but not limited to) the following: - Electromagnetic communication at (sub-)THz and optical frequencies Coding, modulation, detection, and estimation Channel modeling including free-space propagation and intra-chip/intra- body propagation Devices based on nanomaterials and metamaterials Localization and positioning - Molecular communication in the biological, chemical, or mechanical environments Signal design, detection, estimation, and sensing Modeling channels of free diffusion, guided transport, microfluidic, in-vivo/in-vitro biological systems Molecular communication components including signal sources and encoders/ decoders - Interfaces for molecular and electromagnetic nanoscale communications - Nanoscale communication network protocols for nanosensor and biological networks - Simulation tools and experimental testbeds for nanonetworks Design and formal methods for specifying components and parameters Experimental demonstrations of nano-communication systems - Integration of nano- and traditional macroscale communication systems - Nano-computing paradigms, including neuromorphic computing, DNA and molecular computing, membrane computing, quantum computing, and biological computing - Applications, such as the Internet of Nano(-Bio)-things, nanosensor networks, systems on chip, nanomedicine, tissue engineering, future and emerging applications, nanonetworks in exotic materials such as functional meta-surfaces and meta-materials As in the previous years of the conference, top selected articles presented at the conference will be invited for extended fast track publishing in the Elsevier Nano Communication Networks Journal (IF: 2.07): https://www.journals.elsevier.com/nano-communication-networks Paper Submission: Papers submitted to ACM NanoCom 2019 must be original, not previously published or accepted for publication elsewhere, and they must not be submitted to any other event or publication during the entire review process. ACM NanoCom 2019 accepts both regular and short papers. Regular papers are limited to 6 pages including figures and references. They should describe novel advances in topics within the scope of the conference. Short papers are limited to 2 pages including figures and references. They provide an opportunity to present preliminary results and they will be presented in a poster session. All submitted papers will undergo a peer review process, as coordinated by the Technical Program Committee. Paper submissions should follow the ACM double-column format for conferences. Please be sure to use the latest ACM templates available at https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template (use the “sample-sigconf.tex” template). Before using the 2017 ACM consolidated article template, you need to read the instructions file available at above site (instructions are provided for latex and word users). It is important that you follow the instructions provided. ACM offers 24/7 author support for these templates through their vendor, Aptara. If you have TeX/MS-Word template problems or inquiries please contact acmtexsupport(a)aptaracorp.com. Please apply ACM Computing Classification categories and terms. The templates provide space for this indexing and point authors to the Computing Classification Scheme at: https://www.acm.org/publications/class-2012. Submissions are now accepted through EDAS: https://edas.info/N25837 Important Dates Regular papers due: April 15, 2019 Short papers due: May 1, 2019 Notification of Acceptance: June 30, 2019 Camera ready paper due: July 31, 2019 Contact Us tp-chairs-nanocom2019(a)nanocom.hosting.acm.org

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Call For Paper "Journal of Real Time Image Processing"
by POURYA SHAMSOLMOALI 04 Feb '19

04 Feb '19

Dear Colleague, As you are an expert in real-time image processing. I warmly invite you to submit your papers to the following Special Issue. https://static.springer.com/sgw/documents/1650125/application/pdf/CALL+FOR+… Looking forward to receiving your papers Best Regards -- Pourya Shamsolmoali, PhD Institute of Image Processing & Pattern Recognition Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. Email: pshams(a)sjtu.edu.cn

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2nd CFP - CGI 2019 Computer Graphics International , June 17-20, 2019 Calgary, Alberta, Canada
by Marina Gavrilova 01 Feb '19

01 Feb '19

Apologies for Multiple Postings CALL FOR PAPERS COMPUTER GRAPHICS INTERNATIONAL CGI 2019 University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 17-20 June, 2019 CGI 2019 website: http://www.cgs-network.org/cgi19 Organized by the Computer Graphics Society (CGS) In cooperation with ACM SIGGRAPH and EUROGRAPHICS Computer Graphics International is one of the oldest international annual conferences in Computer Graphics and one of the most important ones worldwide, founded by the Computer Graphics Society (CGS). It is a yearly meeting where academics present their latest algorithms, and explore new ideas on various computer graphics topics. Since 1983 it was held in different countries in Europe, Asia, Australia and North & South America. CGI 2019, the 36th annual conference will take place on June 17th - June 20th in Calgary, Alberta, Canada at the foothills of majestic Canadian Rockies. CGI 2019 is organized in cooperation with ACM SIGGRAPH and EUROGRAPHICS. IMPORTANT DATES Conference, Tutorials and Workshops June 17 - 20, 2019 Visual Computer papers submission Submission deadline: February 12, 2019 Paper notification: March 24, 2019 Camera-ready April 7, 2019 CGI proceedings submission Submission deadline: March 25, 2019 Paper notification April 21, 2019 Camera-ready May 03, 2019 The scientific program of the conference will include full papers and short papers. 35 accepted full papers will be included in the Visual Computer journal published by Springer. Other accepted papers (short and full papers) will be included in the conference proceedings published by LNCS, Springer. KEYWORDS We invite original contributions that advance the state-of-the-art in topics related to: * Rendering Techniques, Volume Rendering * Geometric Computing * Virtual and Augmented Reality * Shape and Surface Modelling * Physically Based Modelling * Computer Vision for Computer Graphics * Scientific Visualization * Data Compression for Graphics * Biometric Image and Signal Processing * Medical Imaging * Computation Geometry * Image Based Rendering * Computational Photography * Computer Animation * Visual Analytics * Shape Analysis and Image Retrieval * Geometric Modelling * Computational Fabrication * Image Processing * 3D Reconstruction & 3D Printing * Solid Modelling * Global Illumination * Graphical Human-Computer Interaction * Human Modelling * Image Analysis * Saliency Methods * Shape Matching * Sketch-based Modelling * Robotics and Vision * Stylized Rendering * Textures Pattern Recognition * Machine Learning for Graphics Conference Co-Chairs Marina L. Gavrilova, University of Calgary, Canada Hiroshi Ishikawa, Waseda University, Japan Program Co-Chairs Nadia Magnenat Thalmann, University of Geneva, Switzerland, and NTU, Singapore Jian Chang, Bournemouth University, UK Local Organizing Chair Marina L. Gavrilova, University of Calgary, Canada Local Organizing Committee Usman Alim, University of Calgary Ehud Sharlin, University of Calgary Tony Tang, University of Calgary

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CFP: Int. Conference on Deep Learning and Machine Learning in Emerging Applications (Deep-ML 2019)
by Deep ML 31 Jan '19

31 Jan '19

------------------------ Call for Papers ----------------------------- The International Conference on Deep Learning and Machine Learning in Emerging Applications (Deep-ML 2019) 26-28 August 2019, Istanbul, Turkey http://www.ficloud.org/deep-ml-2019/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deep learning and machine learning are the state-of-the-art at providing models, methods, tools and techniques for developing autonomous and intelligent systems which can revolutionize industrial and commercial applications in various fields such as online commerce, intelligent transportation, healthcare and medicine, security, manufacturing, education, games, and various other industrial applications. Google, for example, exploits the techniques of deep learning in voice and image recognition applications, while Amazon uses such techniques in helping customers in their online purchase decisions. The International Conference on Deep Learning and Machine Learning in Emerging Applications (Deep-ML) provides a leading forum for researchers, developers, practitioners, and professional from public sectors and industries in order to meet and share latest solutions and ideas in solving cutting edge problems in modern information society and economy. The conference comprises a set of tracks that focus on specific challenges in deep learning and machine learning and their applications in emerging areas. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) Deep and Machine Learning Models and Techniques: Novel machine and deep learning Active learning; Incremental learning and online learning Agent-based learning; Manifold learning Multi-task learning Bayesian networks and applications Case-based reasoning methods Statistical models and learning Computational learning; Evolutionary algorithms and learning Evolutionary neural networks Fuzzy logic-based learning Genetic optimization Clustering, classification and regression Neural network models and learning Parallel and distributed learning Reinforcement learning Supervised, semi-supervised and unsupervised learning Tensor Learning 2) Deep and Machine Learning for Big Data Analytics: Deep/Machine learning based theoretical and computational models Novel techniques for big data storage and processing Data analysis, insights and hidden pattern Data analysis and decision making Data wrangling, munching and cleaning Data integration and fusion Data visualization Data and information quality, efficiency and scalability Security threat detection using big data analytics Visualizing security threats Enhancing privacy and trust Data analytics in complex applications – finance, business, healthcare, engineering, medicine, law, transportation, and telecommunication 3) Deep and Machine Learning for Data Mining and Knowledge: Data mining in the web and online systems Multimedia; images and video data mining Feature extraction and classification Information retrieval and extraction Distributed and P2P data search Sentiment analysis Mining high velocity data streams Anomaly detection in streaming data Mining social media and social networks Mining sensor and computer networks data Mining spatial and temporal datasets Data classification, clustering, and association Knowledge acquisition and learning Knowledge representation and reasoning Knowledge discovery in large datasets 4) Deep and Machine Learning Application Areas: Bioinformatics and biomedical informatics Finance, business and retail Intelligent transportation Healthcare, medicine and clinical decision support Computer vision Human activity recognition Information retrieval and web search Cybersecurity Natural language processing Recommender systems Social media and networks 5) Deep and Machine Learning for Computing and Network Platforms: Network and communication systems Software defined networks Wireless and sensor networks Internet of Things (IoT) Cloud Computing Edge and Fog Computing Paper Submission: Full papers must be in English and should be between 12 to 14 pages. Short papers should be limited to 8 pages. Papers must be formatted in Springer's LNCS format. Submitted research papers may not overlap with papers that have already been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. ORGANISING COMMITTEE General Co-Chairs: Joao Gama, University of Porto, Portugal Edwin Lughofer, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria Program Co-Chairs: Irfan Awan, University of Bradford, UK Hadi Larijani, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK Local Organising Co-Chairs: Perin Ünal, Teknopar, Turkey Sezer Gören, Ugurdag Yeditepe University, Turkey Tacha Serif, Yeditepe University, Turkey Publication Chair: Muhammad Younas, Oxford Brookes University, UK Journal Special Issue Coordinator: Lin Guan, Loughborough University, UK Workshop Coordinator: Filipe Portela, University of Minho, Portugal Publicity Chair: Esra N. Yolaçan, Osman Gazi University, Turkey

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CFP: 5th ACM Cyber-Physical System Security Workshop (CPSS 2019), co-located with ACM AsiaCCS'19
by roman 31 Jan '19

31 Jan '19

=============================================== 5th ACM Cyber-Physical System Security Workshop ----------------------------------------------- Held in conjunction with ACM AsiaCCS'19 Auckland, New Zealand ----------------------------------------------- http://jianying.space/cpss/CPSS2019/ Important Dates Submission due: March 1, 2019 Notification: April 10, 2019 Camera-ready due: April 30, 2019 =============================================== Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) of interest to this workshop consist of large-scale interconnected systems of heterogeneous components interacting with their physical environments. There exist a multitude of CPS devices and applications deployed to serve critical functions in our lives thus making security an important non-functional attribute of such systems. This workshop will provide a platform for professionals from academia, government, and industry to discuss novel ways to address the ever-present security challenges facing CPS. We seek submissions describing theoretical and practical solutions to security challenges in CPS. Submissions pertinent to the security of embedded systems, IoT, SCADA, smart grid, and other critical infrastructure are welcome. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Attack detection for CPS - Authentication and access control for CPS - Autonomous vehicle security - Availability and auditing for CPS - Blockchain for CPS security - Data security and privacy for CPS - Digital twins for CPS - Embedded systems security - Formal methods in CPS - Industrial control system security - IoT security - Legacy CPS system protection - Lightweight crypto and security - Maritime cyber security - Recovery from cyber attacks - Security and risk assessment for CPS - Security architectures for CPS - Security by design for CPS - Smart grid security - Threat modeling for CPS - Transportation system security - Vulnerability analysis for CPS - Wireless sensor network security Submission Instructions ----------------------- Submitted papers must not substantially overlap papers that have been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. All submissions should be appropriately anonymized. Submissions must be in double-column ACM SIG Proceedings format, and should not exceed 12 pages. Position papers describing the work in progress are also welcome. Only pdf files will be accepted. Authors of accepted papers must guarantee that their papers will be presented at the workshop. At least one author of the paper must be registered at the appropriate conference rate. Accepted papers will be published in the ACM Digital Library. There will also be a best paper award. Paper submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cpss19 Contact ------- Email: cpss19(a)easychair.org CPSS Home: http://jianying.space/cpss/CPSS2019/ Committees ---------- - Steering Committee Dieter Gollmann (Hamburg University of Technology, Germany) Ravishankar Iyer (UIUC, USA) Douglas Jones (UIUC, USA) Javier Lopez (University of Malaga, Spain) Jianying Zhou (SUTD, Singapore) – Chair - Program Chairs Aditya Mathur (Purdue University, USA & SUTD, Singapore) Jianying Zhou (SUTD, Singapore) - Publicity Chair Rodrigo Roman (University of Malaga, Spain) - Publication Chair Weizhi Meng (DTU, Denmark) - Program Committee Cristina Alcaraz (University of Malaga, Spain) Alvaro Cardenas (UT Dallas, USA) Mauro Conti (University of Padua, Italy) Gregorio D'Agostino (ENEA, Italy) Roberto Di Pietro (HBKU, Qatar) Afonso Ferreira (CNRS-IRIT, France) Yanick Fratantonio (EURECOM, France) Joaquin Garcia-Alfaro (Telecom SudParis, France) Stefanos Gritzalis (University of the Aegean, Greece) Sokratis Katsikas (NTNU, Norway) Huy Kang Kim (Korea University, Korea) Kandasamy Nandha Kumar (SUTD, Singapore) Qi Li (Tsinghua University, China) Hoon Wei Lim (SingTel, Singapore) Bo Luo (University of Kansas, USA) Xiapu Luo (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK) Michail Maniatakos (NYU-Abu Dhabi, UAE) Daisuke Mashima (ADSC, Singapore) Weizhi Meng (DTU, Denmark) Simin Nadjm-Tehrani (Linköping University, Sweden) Martín Ochoa (Universidad del Rosario, Colombia) Axel Poschmann (DarkMatter, UAE) Rodrigo Roman (University of Malaga, Spain) Justin Ruths (UT Dallas, USA) Martin Strohmeier (University of Oxford, UK) Jun Sun (SUTD, Singapore) Qiang Tang (LIST, Luxembourg) William Temple (ADSC, Singapore) Indrajiti Ray (Colorado State University, USA) Sicco Verwer (TU Delft, Netherland) Zheng Yang (SUTD, Singapore) Fan Zhang (Zhejiang University, China) Sencun Zhu (Pennsylvania State University, USA) Saman Zonouz (Rutgers University, USA)

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Call For Paper "Journal of Real Time Image Processing"
by POURYA SHAMSOLMOALI 31 Jan '19

31 Jan '19

Dear Colleague, As you are an expert in real-time image processing. I warmly invite you to submit your papers to the following Special Issue. https://static.springer.com/sgw/documents/1650125/application/pdf/CALL+FOR+… Looking forward to receiving your papers Best Regards -- Pourya Shamsolmoali, PhD Institute of Image Processing & Pattern Recognition Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. Email: pshams(a)sjtu.edu.cn

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The 16th International Conference on Mobile Web and Intelligent Information Systems (MobiWis 2019) Springer, LNCS 26-28 August 2019, Istanbul, Turkey
by Aneta Poniszewska-Marańda 31 Jan '19

31 Jan '19

------------------------ Call for Papers ----------------------------- The 16th International Conference on Mobile Web and Intelligent Information Systems (MobiWis 2019) Springer, LNCS 26-28 August 2019, Istanbul, Turkey http://www.mobiwis.org/2019/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The areas of the Web, mobile technologies, and information systems have been following a continuous and steady development over a number of years through the innovative research and practices of researchers, developers and practitioners from academia, industry, governmental and scientific organizations. The International Conference on Mobile Web and Intelligent Information Systems (MobiWis) aims to enable synergy between these areas and provides the premier venue to present and discuss latest research and developments related to research issues of the mobile web and the engineering of intelligent and innovative mobile systems and services. The conference comprises a set of carefully selected tracks that focus on the particular challenges regarding mobile Web and intelligent information systems in research areas such as, among others, Web Engineering, Service-Oriented Computing, Web of Things, Data and Knowledge Management, Cloud Computing, Security and Human-Computer Interaction. Conference Tracks: - Smart and Intelligent Systems - Mobile Software Systems - Adaptive Approaches for Mobile Computing - Middleware/SOA for Mobile Systems - Context- and Location-aware Services - Pervasive and Ubiquitous Applications - Data management in the Mobile Web - Mobile Cloud Services - Mobile Web of Things - Mobile Web Security, Trust and Privacy - Mobile Networks, Protocols and Applications - Mobile Commerce and Business Services - Socially Influencing Systems - HCI in Mobile Applications - Industry and Demos Important Dates: Submission Deadline: 11 March 2019 Authors Notification: 20 May 2019 Final Manuscript Due: 14 June 2019 Submission Instructions: Full papers must be in English and must not exceed 12 pages. Short papers should be limited to 8 pages. Papers should be formatted in Springer's LNCS format. See submission instructions on the conference website. Publication: All accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. For each accepted paper, at least one author must register for the conference and present the paper. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their papers for a special issues in international journals (see conference website). Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series is indexed by the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science (CPCI-S), included in ISI Web of Science, EI Engineering Index (Compendex and Inspec databases), ACM Digital Library, dblp, Google Scholar, Scopus, etc. See LNCS - Information on Abstracting and Indexing (http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-1068921-0) Organizing Committee: General Co-Chairs: Markus Aleksy, ABB, Germany Perin Unal, Teknopar, Turkey Program Co-Chairs: Irfan Awan, University of Bradford, UK Mohammed Ghazal, Abu Dhabi University, UAE Local Organising Co-Chairs: Sezer Gören Ugurdag, Yeditepe University, Turkey Tacha Serif, Yeditepe University, Turkey Publication Chair: Muhammad Younas, Oxford Brookes University, UK Journal Special Issue Coordinator: George Ghina, Brunel University London, UK Workshop Coordinator: Tor-Morten Grřnli, Kristiania University College, Norway Publicity Chair: Aneta Poniszewska-Maranda, Lodz University of Technology, Poland --- Politechnika Łódzka Lodz University of Technology Treść tej wiadomości zawiera informacje przeznaczone tylko dla adresata. Jeżeli nie jesteście Państwo jej adresatem, bądź otrzymaliście ją przez pomyłkę prosimy o powiadomienie o tym nadawcy oraz trwałe jej usunięcie. This email contains information intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient or if you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete it from your system.

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[CFP] GrAPL 2019 - DEADLINE EXTENDED TO FEBRUARY 8
by Tumeo, Antonino 30 Jan '19

30 Jan '19

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP] ----------------------------- !!!!! DEADLINE EXTENDED TO FEBRUARY 8, 2019 !!!!! ----------------------------- GrAPL 2019: Workshop on Graphs, Architectures, Programming, and Learning http://hpc.pnl.gov/grapl Co-Located with IPDPS 2019 May 20, 2019 Hilton Rio De Janeiro Brazil ----------------------------- GrAPL is the result of the combination of two IPDPS workshops: GABB: Graph Algorithms Building Blocks GraML: Workshop on The Intersection of Graph Algorithms and Machine Learning ----------------------------- Data analytics is one of the fastest growing segments of computer science. Much of the recent focus in Data Analytics has emphasized machine learning. This is understandable given the success of deep learning over the last decade. However, many real-world analytic workloads are a mix of graph and machine learning methods. Graphs play an important role in the synthesis and analysis of relationships and organizational structures, furthering the ability of machine-learning methods to identify signature features. Given the difference in the parallel execution models of graph algorithms and machine learning methods, current tools, runtime systems, and architectures do not deliver consistently good performance across data analysis workflows. In this workshop we are interested in Graphs, how their synthesis (representation) and analysis is supported in hardware and software, and the ways graph algorithms interact with machine learning. The workshop’s scope is broad which is a natural outgrowth of the wide range of methods used in large-scale data analytics workflows. The objectives of this workshop are as follows: * Understand data analytics workflows and the mix of graph and machine learning algorithms they require * Understand the synergies between evolving device technology and graph analytics applications to drive: 1) the direction of emerging hardware and software architecture, 2) new graph analytics algorithms that better exploit the emerging hardware; and 3) application workflows that mix the large graph synthesis and analytics and machine learning. * Explore different frameworks, languages and libraries to support programming graph analytics and machine learning algorithms * Evaluate the performance and scalability of integrated platforms for large graph synthesis and analysis, and machine learning While each of these topics on their own are well addressed in other workshops, we are particularly interested in the cross-cutting synergies. For example, hardware and software architectures specialized for machine learning (and in particular deep learning) may be poorly suited for graph algorithms. Can we understand these conflicting needs and perhaps find an architecture jointly optimized for both? This workshop seeks papers on the theory, model-based analysis, simulation, and analysis of operational data for graph analytics and related machine learning applications. We are particularly interested in papers that: * Discuss hardware platforms specialized for addressing large, dynamic, multi-attributed graphs and associated machine learning; * Discuss programming models and associated frameworks such as Pregel, Galois, Boost, GraphBLAS, GraphChi, etc., for building large multi-attributed graphs; * Discuss how frameworks for building graph algorithms interact with those for building machine learning algorithms; * Discuss the problem domains and problems addressable with graph methods, machine learning methods, or both; * Provide tractability performance analysis in terms of complexity, time-to-solution, problem size, and quality of solution for systems that deal with mixed data analytics workflows. Besides regular papers, papers describing work-in-progress or incomplete but sound, innovative ideas related to the workshop theme are also encouraged. ----------------------------- Important Dates ----------------------------- Position or full paper submission: February 8, 2019 (EXTENDED) Notification: February 28, 2019 Camera-ready: March 15, 2019 Workshop: May 20, 2019 ----------------------------- Submissions ----------------------------- Submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=grapl2019 Submitted manuscripts may not exceed ten (10) pages, single-spaced double-column pages using 10-point size font on 8.5x11 inch pages (IEEE conference style), including figures, tables, and references. The templates are available at: http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html. ----------------------------- Organization ----------------------------- General co-Chairs Tim Mattson (Intel), timothy.g.mattson(a)intel.com Antonino Tumeo (PNNL), antonino.tumeo(a)pnnl.gov Program co-Chairs Ananth Kalyanaraman (WSU), ananth(a)wsu.edu Manoj Kumar (IBM), manoj1(a)us.ibm.com Steering Committe David A. Bader (Georgia Institute of Technology) Aydın Buluç (LBNL) John Feo (PNNL) John Gilbert (UC Santa Barbara) Mahantesh Halappanavar (PNNL) Jeremy Kepner (MIT Lincoln Laboratory) Technical Program Committee Aydin Buluç, LBNL, US Timothy A. Davis, University of Florida, US Jana Doppa, Washington State University, US John Gilbert, University of California at Santa Barbara, US Oded Green, Georgia Institute of Technology & NVIDIA, US Jeremy Kepner, MIT, US Arif Khan, PNNL, US Hao Lu, ORNL, US Kamesh Madduri, The Pennsylvania State University, US Rupesh Nasre, IIT Madras, IN John Owens, University of California, Davis, US Arnau Prat, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, ES Jason Riedy, Georgia Institute of Technology, US P. Sadayappan, The Ohio State University, US A. Erdem Sarıyüce, University at Buffalo, US Arun Sathanur, PNNL, US Brian Van Essen, LLNL, US Flavio Vella, Free University of Bozen, IT Yangzihao Wang, Tencent, CN Marinka Zitnik, Stanford University, US Jaroslaw Zola, University at Buffalo, US

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Call for Papers and Presentations - Maple Conference 2019
by Maplesoft 30 Jan '19

30 Jan '19

Hello, It is my pleasure to announce the return of the Maple Conference! On October 15-17th, in Waterloo, Ontario, we will gather a group of Maple enthusiasts, product experts, and customers, to explore and celebrate the different aspects of Maple. In preparation for the Maple Conference 2019 we are seeking papers and extended abstracts (presentation proposals). We welcome topics falling into the broad categories of Maple in Education, Algorithms and Software, and Applications of Maple. You can learn more about the event, and see further presentaiton subjects, by reviewing the attached brochure, or visiting the conference website: https://www.maplesoft.com/mapleconference/ Sincerely, Your Friends at Maplesoft (c) 2019 Maplesoft, a division of Waterloo Maple Inc., 615 Kumpf Drive Waterloo ON Canada N2V1K8; customerservice(a)maplesoft.com. All trademarks are property of their respective owners. To manage subscriptions or to opt out of all commercial email communications from Maplesoft, please click here.

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Extended CfP - AW4city 2019, 5th International ACM Smart City Workshop: Enhancing Urban Mobility with Web Applications
by Leonidas Anthopoulos 30 Jan '19

30 Jan '19

(Apologies for cross-posts) ----------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS AW4city 2019, 5th International ACM Smart City Workshop: Enhancing Urban Mobility with Web Applications In conjunction with The Web Conference (WWW'19): 29th World Wide Web International Conference, San Francisco, May 13, 2019 http://aw4city2019.wordpress.com Important Dates ------------------------- Extended submissions due: Feb 14, 2019, 2019 (23:59 Anywhere on Earth (AoE) time zone) Notification of Acceptance: Feb. 21, 2019. Camera-ready version due: Mar. 3, 2019. Workshop authors' registration and camera-ready papers: Mar. 3, 2019 Workshop day: May 13, 2019 Workshop Objective ---------------------------- Following up the success of the past events at WWW2015, WWW2016, WWW2017 and WWW2018, the 5th AW4City 2019 aims to keep on attracting a significant international attention with regard to web applications for smart cities. This year, AW4City emphasizes on the contribution of web applications and Apps to urban mobility. In the era of cities and under the UN 2030 Agenda for sustainable growth, cities are making an important shift regarding thinking of compact cities and they develop sustainable mobility plans. Issues like parking, traffic congestion and safety, sharing transportation and smart parking are among the topics where governments and the industry direct smart services, while data collection and analysis enable government's fast -or even real-time- decision-making for alternative transportation means' deliberation, public transportation changes, urban planning etc., and new business models appear that utilize platforms and data. Additionally, new types of business in transportation appear (e.g., that utilize sensors and big data), while things' transportation is another challenge that cities have been started phasing. Τhis workshop aims to demonstrate how web applications and Apps can enhance transportation services and urban mobility in general. The aim of this workshop is to address web-based application and Apps' design and development in the smart city and urban context. More specifically, it focuses on innovative applications smart city component and more specifically on the design and implementation of web-based applications and Apps. This component is crucial, since it addresses all the smart city dimensions: * Economy, since new types of entrepreneurship and innovative business models appear in data, creative and climate economies, and develop web applications and Apps. * Mobility, with regard to urban transportation (intelligent transportation), distance working, job offering demonstration etc. * Environment, since applications enhance resource management, transportation improvement, environmental monitoring etc. * Living, since applications enhance local life (i.e., e-learning, e-banking, e-commerce, e-tourism etc.). * People, since they concern applications' end users and * Governance, where open data and e-government applications play crucial roles in smart city operation. Theoretical concepts, empirical evidence and selected case studies from leading scholars and practitioners in the field showing the "big picture" of smart cities and urban areas will be examined in this workshop. This workshop aims at gathering researchers from the fields of smart cities and web application development to think about the obstacles that hurdle the leveraging of understanding and capturing of smart city trends with regard web application development that interconnect citizens, businesses and government in a smart city. AW4City 2019 is timely since sustainable transportation has been addressed as one of the UN Agenda 2030 strategic goals, while ISO37120 and ISO37122 that certify city services focus on smart and sustainable transportation too. Last but not least, customer satisfaction is being measured real-time, while corresponding safety can be ensured with the use of platforms (e.g., Uber and Lyft). All these issues are being supported by data, the Web and Apps and it is important to focus on future achievements. Additionally, an increasing criticism is that smart city represents an ambiguous urban utopia, which is supported by the partnership of local governments with big technological vendors. Articles can deliver a clearer view of smart city reality, while innovative applications can strengthen the existence of opportunities for new entrants in the smart city market. Moreover, most standardization bodies evolve competitive standards for smart city components and to this end, this workshop is expected to highlight existing development and trends with regard to application development (web-based, apps and end-to-end). We target researchers from both industry and academia to join forces in this exciting area. We intend to discuss the recent and significant developments in the general areas of smart cities and web applications and to promote cross-fertilization of techniques. In particular, we aim at identifying trends and respective applications in smart cities; the potential impact of smart city in web applications; techniques from end-to-end solutions' or apps' development that will enable researchers to understand the dynamic phenomena in smart cities, as well as specify important directions for the research communities. Standards for web applications' development in smart cities is interesting for several areas such as sustainability, crisis management, marketing, security, and interoperability. To address the above mentioned aspects, we solicit the following topics (but not limited to): * Enhancing mobility experience with Web Applications and Apps; * Apps that support mobility, sharing, crowd-sourcing etc.; * Smart City management systems with emphasis on mobility (e.g. parking; traffic etc.); * Mobility Practices of Web applications and Apps in smart cities; * Theoretical foundations on Smart City applications and standards; * Creative partnerships, creative industries and industry 4.0 in Smart City with a focus on application development (Internet Economics and Monetization); * Pervasive Web and Mobility for Smart City emerging topics (i.e., user behavior analytics, energy, water, waste, transportation etc.) * The role of mobility partners for smart city applications development and standardization (i.e., promotion push, start-ups, open data); * Web Infrastructure standardization; * The role of standards on smart city data mining; * Smart city mobility e-services; * Smart city information quality and evolution in social content; * Ensuring mobility security and privacy in Smart Cities: the role of web applications and Apps. Submission ------------------------------------- We welcome full research papers, research in progress, and discussion papers. Full papers should be up to 10 pages long, including the abstract and appendices. Discussion papers may be short (up to 6 pages), but should clearly and distinctly address one or more issues pertinent to Smart City research including research methods and quality as well as focus of studies. Papers should be designed to support in-depth discussions of one of these issues during the workshop. Although it is a half-day event, the workshop papers will be clustered and each session will discuss a small set of papers focusing on similar or related issues. Accepted refereed papers, must be presented at the conference by an author who is registered to attend. Please be aware that the WWW 2019 organizers will require at least one registration per paper published in either the main Proceedings or in the Companion volume. At the time of submission of the final camera-ready copy, authors will have to indicate the already registered person for that publication. We strongly encourage at least one author of every paper to register by the early-bird deadline so that session chairs can make plans for its presentation. Please submit your papers via the Easychair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aw4city2019) or via e-mail (in .doc/docx and .pdf format) to: lanthopo(a)teilar.gr with the subject: "AW4city 2019 proposal" Details of the programme will be made available online. Although it is a half-day event, the workshop papers will be clustered and each session will discuss a small set of papers focusing on similar or related issues. Submission Guidelines -------------------------------------- The accepted papers will be included in the companion volume of WWW2019's proceeding, which will be published by ACM and included in the ACM Digital Library. All submitted papers must be: - written in English; - contain author names, affiliations, and email addresses; - be formatted according to the ACM SIG Proceedings template (www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template) with a font size no smaller than 9pt; - be in PDF (make sure that the PDF can be viewed on any platform), and formatted for US Letter size. Files in Postscript (ps) or any other format will not be accepted. Authors should submit a .doc/.docx too to the workshop's chairs. - occupy no more than 10 pages, including the abstract, references, and appendices It is the authors responsibility to ensure that their submissions adhere strictly to the required format. Submissions that do not comply with the above guidelines may be rejected without review. All submissions must be entered into the reviewing system. Each submission will be reviewed by the workshop co-chairs and at least one external reviewer. More details regarding WWW2018 conference can be found on https://www2018.thewebconf.org/ Extended version of accepted articles are possible to be selected and included in a special issue with relevant theme of International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age (IJPADA), International Journal of Electronic Government Research (IJEGR) or some other relative journals. Accepted refereed papers, must be presented at the conference by an author who is registered to attend. Please be aware that the WWW 2019 organizers will require at least one registration per paper published in either the main Proceedings or in the Companion volume. At the time of submission of the final camera-ready copy, authors will have to indicate the already registered person for that publication. We strongly encourage at least one author of every paper to register by the early-bird deadline so that session chairs can make plans for its presentation. Please submit your papers via Easychair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aw4city2019) or via e-mail (in .doc/docx and .pdf format) to: lanthopo(a)teilar.gr with the subject: "AW4city 2019 proposal" Details of the programme will be made available online. For any questions, please contact the Workshop chairs: ------------------------------ Leonidas ANTHOPOULOS, Associate Professor, University of Thessaly, Greece, lanthopo(a)teilar.gr Marijn JANSSEN, Professor, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, M.F.W.H.A.Janssen(a)tudelft.nl Vishanth WEERAKKODY, Professor, University of Bradford, United Kingdom, v.weerakkody(a)bradford.ac.uk Program Committee Members (tentative) ------------------------------ * Toru ISHIDA, Department of Social Informatics, Kyoto University, Japan * Sofia Toufic SHAWYRI, University of California at Berkeley * Nicolas DOUAY, MCF Paris 7 / UMR Geographie-Cites / LabEx DynamiTe * Beth COLEMAN, University of Waterloo, Director of City as Platform * Arthur RIEL, The World Bank, Washington, U.S.A. * Cristina Maria BUETI, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) * Christopher G. REDDICK, The University of Texas at San Antonio, U.S.A. * Markus RITTENBRUCH, Queensland University of Technology, Australia * Flora SALIM, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia * Mag. Michael SACHS, Zentrum fur E-Governance, Donau-Universitat Krems * Stephen COHEN, Microsoft, USA * Alois PAULIN, Siemens, Vienna, Austria * Sakano NARUTOSHI, Fujitsu, Japan * Julia SEIXAS, NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal * Vinay KANDPAL, University of Petroleum & Energy Studies (UPES), India * Gordon FELLER, Meeting of the Minds (meetingoftheminds.org) * Soon Ae CHUN, City University New York (CUNY) * Amel ATTOUR, Universite Cote d'Azur, CNRS, GREDEG, Nice * Ramy Ahmed FATHY, Senior IEEE * Dirk AHLERS, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

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Extended CfP - AW4city 2019, 5th International ACM Smart City Workshop: Enhancing Urban Mobility with Web Applications
by Leonidas Anthopoulos 30 Jan '19

30 Jan '19

(Apologies for cross-posts) ----------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS AW4city 2019, 5th International ACM Smart City Workshop: Enhancing Urban Mobility with Web Applications In conjunction with The Web Conference (WWW'19): 29th World Wide Web International Conference, San Francisco, May 13, 2019 http://aw4city2019.wordpress.com Important Dates ------------------------- Extended submissions due: Feb 14, 2019, 2019 (23:59 Anywhere on Earth (AoE) time zone) Notification of Acceptance: Feb. 21, 2019. Camera-ready version due: Mar. 3, 2019. Workshop authors' registration and camera-ready papers: Mar. 3, 2019 Workshop day: May 13, 2019 Workshop Objective ---------------------------- Following up the success of the past events at WWW2015, WWW2016, WWW2017 and WWW2018, the 5th AW4City 2019 aims to keep on attracting a significant international attention with regard to web applications for smart cities. This year, AW4City emphasizes on the contribution of web applications and Apps to urban mobility. In the era of cities and under the UN 2030 Agenda for sustainable growth, cities are making an important shift regarding thinking of compact cities and they develop sustainable mobility plans. Issues like parking, traffic congestion and safety, sharing transportation and smart parking are among the topics where governments and the industry direct smart services, while data collection and analysis enable government's fast -or even real-time- decision-making for alternative transportation means' deliberation, public transportation changes, urban planning etc., and new business models appear that utilize platforms and data. Additionally, new types of business in transportation appear (e.g., that utilize sensors and big data), while things' transportation is another challenge that cities have been started phasing. Τhis workshop aims to demonstrate how web applications and Apps can enhance transportation services and urban mobility in general. The aim of this workshop is to address web-based application and Apps' design and development in the smart city and urban context. More specifically, it focuses on innovative applications smart city component and more specifically on the design and implementation of web-based applications and Apps. This component is crucial, since it addresses all the smart city dimensions: * Economy, since new types of entrepreneurship and innovative business models appear in data, creative and climate economies, and develop web applications and Apps. * Mobility, with regard to urban transportation (intelligent transportation), distance working, job offering demonstration etc. * Environment, since applications enhance resource management, transportation improvement, environmental monitoring etc. * Living, since applications enhance local life (i.e., e-learning, e-banking, e-commerce, e-tourism etc.). * People, since they concern applications' end users and * Governance, where open data and e-government applications play crucial roles in smart city operation. Theoretical concepts, empirical evidence and selected case studies from leading scholars and practitioners in the field showing the "big picture" of smart cities and urban areas will be examined in this workshop. This workshop aims at gathering researchers from the fields of smart cities and web application development to think about the obstacles that hurdle the leveraging of understanding and capturing of smart city trends with regard web application development that interconnect citizens, businesses and government in a smart city. AW4City 2019 is timely since sustainable transportation has been addressed as one of the UN Agenda 2030 strategic goals, while ISO37120 and ISO37122 that certify city services focus on smart and sustainable transportation too. Last but not least, customer satisfaction is being measured real-time, while corresponding safety can be ensured with the use of platforms (e.g., Uber and Lyft). All these issues are being supported by data, the Web and Apps and it is important to focus on future achievements. Additionally, an increasing criticism is that smart city represents an ambiguous urban utopia, which is supported by the partnership of local governments with big technological vendors. Articles can deliver a clearer view of smart city reality, while innovative applications can strengthen the existence of opportunities for new entrants in the smart city market. Moreover, most standardization bodies evolve competitive standards for smart city components and to this end, this workshop is expected to highlight existing development and trends with regard to application development (web-based, apps and end-to-end). We target researchers from both industry and academia to join forces in this exciting area. We intend to discuss the recent and significant developments in the general areas of smart cities and web applications and to promote cross-fertilization of techniques. In particular, we aim at identifying trends and respective applications in smart cities; the potential impact of smart city in web applications; techniques from end-to-end solutions' or apps' development that will enable researchers to understand the dynamic phenomena in smart cities, as well as specify important directions for the research communities. Standards for web applications' development in smart cities is interesting for several areas such as sustainability, crisis management, marketing, security, and interoperability. To address the above mentioned aspects, we solicit the following topics (but not limited to): * Enhancing mobility experience with Web Applications and Apps; * Apps that support mobility, sharing, crowd-sourcing etc.; * Smart City management systems with emphasis on mobility (e.g. parking; traffic etc.); * Mobility Practices of Web applications and Apps in smart cities; * Theoretical foundations on Smart City applications and standards; * Creative partnerships, creative industries and industry 4.0 in Smart City with a focus on application development (Internet Economics and Monetization); * Pervasive Web and Mobility for Smart City emerging topics (i.e., user behavior analytics, energy, water, waste, transportation etc.) * The role of mobility partners for smart city applications development and standardization (i.e., promotion push, start-ups, open data); * Web Infrastructure standardization; * The role of standards on smart city data mining; * Smart city mobility e-services; * Smart city information quality and evolution in social content; * Ensuring mobility security and privacy in Smart Cities: the role of web applications and Apps. Submission ------------------------------------- We welcome full research papers, research in progress, and discussion papers. Full papers should be up to 10 pages long, including the abstract and appendices. Discussion papers may be short (up to 6 pages), but should clearly and distinctly address one or more issues pertinent to Smart City research including research methods and quality as well as focus of studies. Papers should be designed to support in-depth discussions of one of these issues during the workshop. Although it is a half-day event, the workshop papers will be clustered and each session will discuss a small set of papers focusing on similar or related issues. Accepted refereed papers, must be presented at the conference by an author who is registered to attend. Please be aware that the WWW 2019 organizers will require at least one registration per paper published in either the main Proceedings or in the Companion volume. At the time of submission of the final camera-ready copy, authors will have to indicate the already registered person for that publication. We strongly encourage at least one author of every paper to register by the early-bird deadline so that session chairs can make plans for its presentation. Please submit your papers via the Easychair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aw4city2019) or via e-mail (in .doc/docx and .pdf format) to: lanthopo(a)teilar.gr with the subject: "AW4city 2019 proposal" Details of the programme will be made available online. Although it is a half-day event, the workshop papers will be clustered and each session will discuss a small set of papers focusing on similar or related issues. Submission Guidelines -------------------------------------- The accepted papers will be included in the companion volume of WWW2019's proceeding, which will be published by ACM and included in the ACM Digital Library. All submitted papers must be: - written in English; - contain author names, affiliations, and email addresses; - be formatted according to the ACM SIG Proceedings template (www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template) with a font size no smaller than 9pt; - be in PDF (make sure that the PDF can be viewed on any platform), and formatted for US Letter size. Files in Postscript (ps) or any other format will not be accepted. Authors should submit a .doc/.docx too to the workshop's chairs. - occupy no more than 10 pages, including the abstract, references, and appendices It is the authors responsibility to ensure that their submissions adhere strictly to the required format. Submissions that do not comply with the above guidelines may be rejected without review. All submissions must be entered into the reviewing system. Each submission will be reviewed by the workshop co-chairs and at least one external reviewer. More details regarding WWW2018 conference can be found on https://www2018.thewebconf.org/ Extended version of accepted articles are possible to be selected and included in a special issue with relevant theme of International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age (IJPADA), International Journal of Electronic Government Research (IJEGR) or some other relative journals. Accepted refereed papers, must be presented at the conference by an author who is registered to attend. Please be aware that the WWW 2019 organizers will require at least one registration per paper published in either the main Proceedings or in the Companion volume. At the time of submission of the final camera-ready copy, authors will have to indicate the already registered person for that publication. We strongly encourage at least one author of every paper to register by the early-bird deadline so that session chairs can make plans for its presentation. Please submit your papers via Easychair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aw4city2019) or via e-mail (in .doc/docx and .pdf format) to: lanthopo(a)teilar.gr with the subject: "AW4city 2019 proposal" Details of the programme will be made available online. For any questions, please contact the Workshop chairs: ------------------------------ Leonidas ANTHOPOULOS, Associate Professor, University of Thessaly, Greece, lanthopo(a)teilar.gr Marijn JANSSEN, Professor, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, M.F.W.H.A.Janssen(a)tudelft.nl Vishanth WEERAKKODY, Professor, University of Bradford, United Kingdom, v.weerakkody(a)bradford.ac.uk Program Committee Members (tentative) ------------------------------ * Toru ISHIDA, Department of Social Informatics, Kyoto University, Japan * Sofia Toufic SHAWYRI, University of California at Berkeley * Nicolas DOUAY, MCF Paris 7 / UMR Geographie-Cites / LabEx DynamiTe * Beth COLEMAN, University of Waterloo, Director of City as Platform * Arthur RIEL, The World Bank, Washington, U.S.A. * Cristina Maria BUETI, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) * Christopher G. REDDICK, The University of Texas at San Antonio, U.S.A. * Markus RITTENBRUCH, Queensland University of Technology, Australia * Flora SALIM, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia * Mag. Michael SACHS, Zentrum fur E-Governance, Donau-Universitat Krems * Stephen COHEN, Microsoft, USA * Alois PAULIN, Siemens, Vienna, Austria * Sakano NARUTOSHI, Fujitsu, Japan * Julia SEIXAS, NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal * Vinay KANDPAL, University of Petroleum & Energy Studies (UPES), India * Gordon FELLER, Meeting of the Minds (meetingoftheminds.org) * Soon Ae CHUN, City University New York (CUNY) * Amel ATTOUR, Universite Cote d'Azur, CNRS, GREDEG, Nice * Ramy Ahmed FATHY, Senior IEEE * Dirk AHLERS, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

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Deadline Extended for PDSEC Workshop at IPDPS to February 11
by Shontz, Suzanne Michelle 30 Jan '19

30 Jan '19

Dear All: Due to a high number of requests, the deadline for submission of papers to the 2019 PDSEC Workshop at IPDPS has been extended to February 11, 2019. Papers may be submitted here: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pdsec2019 . Regards, Suzanne Suzanne Shontz University of Kansas Publicity Chair, PDSEC '19 Workshop

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HPCC 2019 CFP: Zhangjiajie, China, Aug. 10-12 2019 (with co-locatd SmartCity 2019 & DSS 2019
by Qin Liu 30 Jan '19

30 Jan '19

********************************************************************************************************************************* [Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this email] *******************IEEE (HPCC-2019, SmartCity-2019, DSS-2019 International Conferences ********************* To be held in Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China, 10-12 August 2019. The 21th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC-2019) http://csee.hnu.edu.cn/hpcc2019/ The 17th IEEE International Conference on Smart City (SmartCity-2019) http://csee.hnu.edu.cn/smartcity2019/ The 5th IEEE International Conference on Data Science and Systems (DSS-2019) http://csee.hnu.edu.cn/dss2019/ Sponsored by IEEE, IEEE Computer Society, and IEEE Technical Committee of Scalable Computing (TCSC) IMPORTANT DATES ================================================================================ Workshop/Special Session Proposal Due: 10 January 2019 Paper Submission Deadline: 10 February 2019 Authors Notification: 22 April 2019 Camera-Ready Paper Due: 25 May 2019 Early Registration Due: 25 May 2019 Conference Date: 10-12 August 2019 PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINE ============================================================ All papers need to be submitted electronically through the conference websites with PDF format. The materials presented in the papers should not be published or under submission elsewhere. Each paper is limited to 8 pages (or 10 pages with over length charge) including figures and references using IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Manuscripts style (two columns, single-spaced, 10 fonts). You can confirm the IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Author Guidelines at the following web page: http://www.computer.org/web/cs-cps/ Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings can be found at https://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.ht… Once accepted, the paper will be included into the IEEE conference proceedings published by IEEE Computer Society Press (indexed by EI). The authors of selected papers will be invited to extend their contributions for special issues of prestigious journals. -- Dr. Qin Liu College of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering Hunan University Changsha, Hunan Province,P.R. China, 410082 Mobile: +86-13548577157 Email: gracelq628(a)hnu.edu.cn; gracelq628(a)126.com Homepage: http://res.hnu.edu.cn/hbs/lq/

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CFP : The 16th International Conference on Mobile Systems and Pervasive Computing
by Ansar YASAR 29 Jan '19

29 Jan '19

The 16th International Conference on Mobile Systems and Pervasive Computing August 19-21, 2019 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/mobispc-19/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mobile Systems and Pervasive Computing (MobiSPC) have evolved into an active area of research and development. This is due to the tremendous advances in a broad spectrum of technologies and topics, including wireless networking, mobile and distributed computing, sensor systems, RFID technology, and the ubiquitous mobile phone. MobiSPC-2019 solicits papers that focus on the theory, systems, practices and challenges of providing users with a successful mobile or wireless experience. This includes how mobile computing changes how people pervasively use their computers, computing resources and applications, as well the systems, services and technologies enabling those applications. MobiSPC-2019 will provide a leading edge, scholarly forum for researchers, engineers, and students alike to share their state-of-the art research and developmental work in the broad areas of pervasive computing and mobile systems. *Important Dates* ---------------- - Workshop Proposal Due: February 15, 2019 - Paper Submission Due: March 28, 2019 - Acceptance Notification: May 25, 2019 - Final Manuscript Due: June 25, 2019 Publication ------------ All MobiSPC 2019 accepted papers will be published by Elsevier Science in the open-access Procedia Computer Science series on-line. Procedia Computer Science is hosted by Elsevier on www.Elsevier.com <http://www.elsevier.com/> and on Elsevier content platform ScienceDirect (www.sciencedirect.com) and will be freely available worldwide. All papers in Procedia will be indexed by Scopus (www.scopus.com) and by Thomson Reuters' Conference Proceeding Citation Index ( http://thomsonreuters.com/conference-proceedings-citation-index/) All papers in Procedia will also be indexed by Scopus (www.scopus.com) and Engineering Village (Ei) (www.engineeringvillage.com) This includes EI Compendex (www.ei.org/compendex) Moreover, all accepted papers will be indexed in DBLP (http://dblp.uni-trier.de/) The papers will contain linked references, XML versions and citable DOI numbers. You will be able to provide a hyperlink to all delegates and direct your conference website visitors to your proceedings. Selected papers will be invited for publication, in the following special issues: - International Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing (IF: 1.588), by Springer (http://www.springer.com/engineering/journal/12652) - International Journal of Computing and Informatics (IF: 0.504), ( http://www.cai.sk/ojs/index.php/cai/index) - IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine (IF: 3.654), by IEEE ( http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=5117645) MobiSPC 2019 will be held in conjunction with the 14th International Conference on Future Networks and Communications (FNC, http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/fnc-19/) MobiSPC 2019 is co-organized & co-hosted by Acadia and Dalhousie Universities. MobiSPC 2019 will be held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Halifax is located on the east coast of Canada and is approximately 6-hour flight from London, UK and a 2-hour flight from Toronto, Ontario. Halifax is a vibrant and modern city which is home to multiple academic institutions and where visitors can enjoy a variety of activities and entertainment from whale watching to Jazz festivals to world-class cuisine. Halifax is also home to the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic which contains the world largest collection of Titanic artifacts. Nova Scotia is a picturesque province with many National and Provincial parks, and as stated in the Guinness Book of World Records, has the highest tides in the world. Conference Tracks - Component-based IoT - Enabling Technologies and Emerging Topics - Internet of Things (IoT) - Mobile Cloud Computing - Mobile Data Management - Mobile Social Networking - Pervasive Computing - Smart Cities and Ubiquitous Climate Change Management - Smart Communities and Ubiquitous Systems - Mobile Systems and Applications COMMITTEES: General Chair Hossam Hassanein, Queen's University, Canada Program Chair Jamal Bentahar, Concordia University, Canada Elhadi Shakshuki, Acadia University, Canada Workshops Chair Stephane Galland, Universite de Technologie de Belfort-MontbÃ©liard, France Local Chairs Abdelouahed Gherbi, Quebec University, Canada Ahsan Habib, Dalhousie University, Canada Tracks Chairs Muhammad Adnan, Hasselt University, Belgium Longbiao Chen, Xiamen University, China Carmela Comito, National Research Council of Italy, Italy Danny Hughes, K. U. Leuven, Belgium Camille Kamga, The City College of New York, USA Prashant Kumar, University of Surrey, UK Hamid Mcheick, UQAC, Canada Yongrui (Louie) Qin, University of Huddersfield, UK Rahim Rahmani, Stockholm University, Sweden Michael Sheng, Macquarie University, Australia Qussai Yaseen, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan International Journals Chair Atta Badii, Reading University, UK Publicity Chairs Monika Davidekova, Comenius University, Slovak Republic B. B. Gupta, National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, India Nadir Shah, COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan Advisory Committee Abdelfettah Belghith, University of Manouba, Tunisia Flavien Balbo, Ecole Nationale SupÃ©rieure des Mines de Saint Etienne, France Erol Gelenbe, Imperial College, UK Vincenzo Loia, University of Salerno, Italy Javier Sanchez Medina, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain Ralf Steinmetz, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Germany Mohamed Younis, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA Technical Program Committee http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/mobispc-19/#programCommittees

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CFP: SpaCCS 2019 - 12th International Conference on Security, Privacy and Anonymity in Computation, Communication and Storage (Jul. 14--17, 2019, Atlanta, USA)
by Jun Feng 29 Jan '19

29 Jan '19

Dear Colleagues: [Apologies for multiple receptions of this CfP] Call for Papers of SpaCCS 2019 ============================================================================= The 12th International Conference on Security, Privacy and Anonymity in Computation, Communication and Storage July 14-July 17, 2019 Georgia State University Atlanta, USA http://cse.stfx.ca/~cybermatics/2019/spaccs/ Selected papers, after further extensions and revisions, will be recommended to special issues of SCI and EI journals. ============================================================================= The 2019 International Conference on Security, Privacy and Anonymity in Computation, Communication and Storage (SpaCCS 2019) is the 12th event in the series of conferences which are devoted to security, privacy and anonymity in computation, communication and storage. SpaCCS is now recognized as the main regular event of the world that is covering many dimensions including security algorithms and architectures, privacy-aware policies, regulations and techniques, anonymous computation and communication, encompassing fundamental theoretical approaches, practical experimental projects, and commercial application systems for computation, communication and storage. As applications of computer systems and networks have permeated in every aspect of our daily life, the issues of security, privacy, and anonymity have become increasingly critical. The conference will provide a forum for the world-class researchers to gather and share their research achievements, emerging ideas and trends in the highly challenging research fields. ================== Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: ================== Track 1: Security 1.1 Computation -Security Model and Architecture - Software and System Security - Secure computation - Security in Cloud/Fog/Edge Computing and Pervasive/Ubiquitous Computing - Artificial Intelligence - Secure Network Computing - Risk Analysis and Management 1.2 Communication - Network Security - Malware and Botnets - Intrusion Detection - Security in Web Services - Security in Mobile Social Networks - Security in Mobile and Wireless Communications - Fraud and Cyber- Crime 1.3 Storage - Access Control - Accounting and Audit - Applied Cryptography - Database Security - Authentication - Computer forensics - Data Protection and Data Integrity - Digital Content Protection and Digital Forensics - Information Hiding - Security in Big Data and its Applications Track 2: Privacy 2.1 Computation - Measuring and Quantifying Privacy - Privacy Modelling and Analysis - Software and System Privacy - Privacy- preserving Computing - Differential Privacy - Blockchain - Privacy- enhanced Network Computing - Obfuscation-based Privacy - Cryptographic Tools - Building and Deploying Privacy-enhancing Systems - Reliability, Robustness, and Abuse Prevention in Privacy Systems 2.2 Communication - Privacy in Web Services - Privacy Metrics and Policies - Crowdsourcing for Privacy - Location and Mobility Privacy - Privacy in Cloud and Big Data Applications - Quantum Communications - Privacy in Ubiquitous Computing and Mobile Devices - Privacy in Social Networks and Microblogging Systems - Privacy-enhanced Access Control, Authentication, and Identity Management 2.3 Storage - Data Protection Technologies - Privacy in Big Data and its Applications - Policy Languages and Tools for Privacy - Privacy and Human Rights - Interdisciplinary Research Connecting Privacy to Other Fields - Privacy in Cloud Computing and Pervasive/Ubiquitous Computing - Information Leakage, Data Correlation and Generic Attacks to Privacy - Privacy-Preserving Data Mining, Data Release and Publishing Track 3: Anonymity 3.1 Computation - Anonymous Data Mining and Data Sharing - Parallelism Exploitation Techniques for Anonymity - Anonymity in Big Data Analytics - Anonymous Management in Trust Relationships - Anonymous Video Analytics Technology - Anonymity Metrics, Measures and Evaluations - Anonymity Models, Hardware/Device of Anonymity 3.2 Communication - Anonymity in Wireless Communication Systems - Anonymous Communication Protocols - Anonymity in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Sensor Networks - Anonymous Proxy Software - Anonymous Communication and Internet - Anonymous Social Networks, Structural k-Anonymity in Social Networks - Authentication Protocol Providing User Anonymity 3.3 Storage - Anonymous Information Storage and Management - Private and Anonymous Data Storage - Forensics - Anonymity-Preserving Data Collection and Database - Anonymity, Pseudonymity & Identity Management - Anonymity in Big Data and Cloud Scenarios - Anonymity in Health and Medical Databases ================== Organizing Committee ================== General Chairs - Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA - Mark Last, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel - Yanqing Zhang, Georgia State University, USA Program Chairs - Md Zakirul Alam Bhuiyan, Fordham University, USA - Jun Feng, St Francis Xavier University, Canada - Rongxing Lu, University of New Brunswick, Canada Workshop Chair - Wm. Bradley Glisson, Sam Houston State University, USA Publicity Chairs - Peter Mueller, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Switzerland - Reza M. Parizi, Kennesaw State University, USA - Yogachandran Rahulamathavan, Loughborough University London, UK Local Chair - Yubao Wu, Georgia State University, USA Web Chairs - Zihao Jiang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada - Xin Nie, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China Steering Committee - Guojun Wang, Guangzhou University, China (Chair) - Gregorio Martinez, University of Murcia, Spain (Chair) - Jemal H. Abawajy, Deakin University, Australia - Jose M. Alcaraz Calero, University of the West of Scotland, UK - Jiannong Cao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong - Hsiao-Hwa Chen, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan - Jinjun Chen, University of Technology Sydney, Australia - Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA - Robert Deng, Singapore Management University, Singapore - Mario Freire, The University of Beira Interior, Portuga - Minyi Guo, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China - Weijia Jia, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China - Wei Jie, University of West London, UK - Georgios Kambourakis, University of the Aegean, Greece - Ryan Ko, University of Waikato, New Zealand - Constantinos Kolias, George Mason University, USA - Jianbin Li, Central South University, China - Jie Li, University of Tsukuba, Japan - Jianhua Ma, Hosei University, Japan - Felix Gomez Marmol, University of Murcia, Spain - Geyong Min, University of Exeter, UK - Peter Mueller, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Switzerland - Indrakshi Ray, Colorado State University, USA - Kouichi Sakurai, Kyushu University, Japan - Juan E. Tapiador, The University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain - Sabu M. Thampi, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, India - Jie Wu, Temple University, USA - Yang Xiao, The University of Alabama, USA - Yang Xiang, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia - Zheng Yan, Aalto University, Finland - Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada - Wanlei Zhou, University of Technology Sydney, Australia ================== Important Dates: ================== Workshop/Special Session Proposal Due: January 15, 2019 Paper Submission Deadline: March 15, 2019 Authors Notification Date: April 15, 2019 Final Manuscript Due: May 15, 2019 Conference Date: July 14 - July 17, 2019 ================== Paper Submission ================== All papers need to be submitted electronically through the conference website (https://edas.info/N25666) with PDF format. Submitted papers must not substantially overlap with papers that have been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. Papers must be clearly presented in English, must not exceed 14 pages (or up to 20 pages with the pages over length charge) in Springer LNCS format (https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…) including tables, figures, references and appendices. Papers will be selected based on their originality, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation assessed by at least three reviewers. Submission of a paper should be regarded as a commitment that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will register and attend the conference to present the work. ================== Paper Publication ================== All accepted papers will be published by Springer LNCS (EI Indexed). Best Paper Awards will be presented to high quality papers. Selected papers, after further extensions and revisions, will be recommended to special issues of SCI and EI journals. 1. EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking Special Issue: Human-centered Computing in Cloud / Edge / Fog https://jwcn-eurasipjournals.springeropen.com/human-centered-computing Publisher: Springer, IF = 2.407 2. EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking Special Issue: Multi-modal Sensor Data Fusion in Internet of Things https://jwcn-eurasipjournals.springeropen.com/multi-modal-sensor Publisher: Springer, IF = 2.407 3. IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory & Applications Special Issue: Advanced Technologies for Cyber Physical Systems Publisher: IET 4. IEEE Access Special Section on Deep Learning: Security and Forensics Research Advances and Challenges Publisher: IEEE, IF = 3.557 5. Transactions on Blockchain Technology and Applications http://vdlt.io/tIndex.html Special Issue: Advances in Blockchain and Internet-of-Things 6. Digital Communications and Networks Special Issue: TBD Publisher: Elsevier, SCI indexed in 2019 7. Sensors Special Issue: IoT-Enabled Sensor Networks: Vision and Challenges https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/special_issues/IoT_SensorNet Publisher: MDPI, IF = 2.475 8. Remote Sensing Special Issue: Intelligence Computing Paradigms with Remote Sensing Networks in Water Hydrology https://www.mdpi.com/journal/remotesensing/special_issues/water_Computation… Publisher: MDPI, IF = 3.406 * More special issues will be added later. -- Dr. Jun Feng St. Francis Xavier University Huazhong University of Science and Technology Mobile: +86-18827365073 E-Mail: junfeng989(a)gmail.com, 512675288(a)qq.com WeChat: junfeng10001000

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CFP: Big Data Innovations and Applications (Innovate-Data 2019)
by Innovate-Data 29 Jan '19

29 Jan '19

------------------------ Call for Papers ----------------------------- The 5th International Conference on Big Data Innovations and Applications (Innovate-Data 2019) 26-28 August 2019, Istanbul, Turkey http://www.ficloud.org/innovate-data-2019/ (Springer: Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS)) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Big data has become a key asset in modern societies, economies, and governmental organizations. Big data encompasses various kinds of complex and large scale information that are beyond the processing capabilities of conventional software and databases. The increasing volume and velocity of the data, captured by business organizations, web repositories, social media, data centres, cloud and IoT, have resulted in the exponential growth of big data. Big data provides a key basis for innovations in various domains and applications. It can benefit data managers, developers, companies and various kinds of organizations to carry out useful analysis of data pattern and trends, make intelligent decisions, and solve complex problems that can help societies and economies and speed up innovations. The aim of the Innovate-Data conference is to promote the state of the art in scientific and practical research of big data and to bring together researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and public sector in an effort to present their research work and share research and development ideas. CONFERENCE TRACKS: Track: Big Data Storage, Representation and Processing Topics: Data storage; Data representation and structures; Data management; Data processing; Data engineering and design; Storages and network requirements Track: Big Data Security, Privacy and Trust Topics: Data Security; Data Privacy; Data Trust; Data protection and integrity; Legal and ethical issues; Identity theft; Data loss and leakage Track: Big Data Models, Infrastructure and Platforms Topics: Data models; NoSQL databases; Data consistency and availability; Fault tolerance and reliability; Network models and protocols; Performance evaluation; Resource management; Transaction management; RDBMS and big data; Memcached systems and techniques Track: Visualisation of Big Data Topics: Data visualisation, Visual representation; Usability and user interaction; Graphs models and techniques for big data; Data acquisition and cleaning Track: Big Data Analytics and Metrics Topics: Analytics models; Tools and technologies; Data patterns; Business intelligence and decision making; Optimization of resources and cost; Customer relations and satisfaction; Data economics; Metrics for big data; Analysis of online reviews Track: Big Data Science Topics: Big data science models; Data searching and mining; Methodologies and use cases; Machine learning and deep learning; Algorithms and formal models; Mathematical and Statistical models for big data; Interdisciplinary approaches and methods Track: Big Data Applications and Innovations Topics: Business applications; Social media and networks; Healthcare applications; Government and public sector systems; Multimedia and data streaming; Personal data logging and quantified-self; Context-aware data; Big data in cloud and IoT; Personalisation of data; Open and linked data Submission Instructions: Full papers must be in English and must not exceed 12 pages. Short papers should be limited to 8 pages. Papers should be formatted in Springer's LNCS format. See submission instructions on the conference website. Publication: All accepted papers are planned to be included in the conference proceedings published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. For each accepted paper, at least one author must register for the conference and present the paper. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their papers for a special issues in international journals (see conference website). Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series is indexed by the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science (CPCI-S), included in ISI Web of Science, EI Engineering Index (Compendex and Inspec databases), ACM Digital Library, dblp, Google Scholar, Scopus, etc. See LNCS - Information on Abstracting and Indexing (http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-1068921-0) Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their papers for a special issues in international journals (see Journal Special Issues section). Important Dates: Submission Deadline: 11 March 2019 Authors Notification: 20 May 2019 Final Manuscript Due: 14 June 2019 General Chair: William Knottenbelt, Imperial Colledge London, UK Program Co-Chairs: Salima Benbernou, Université Paris Descartes, France Muhammad Younas, Oxford Brookes University, UK Local Organising Co-Chairs: Perin Ünal, Teknopar, Turkey Sezer Gören Ugurdag, Yeditepe University, Turkey Tacha Serif, Yeditepe University, Turkey Publication Chair: Irfan Awan, University of Bradford, UK Workshop Coordinator: Filipe Portela, University of Minho, Portugal Publicity Chair: Fang-Fang Chua, Multimedia University, Malaysia Journal Special Issues Coordinator: Lin Guan, Loughborough University, UK

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CFP: The 16th Int. Conference on Mobile Web and Intelligent Information Systems (MobiWis 2019)
by MobiWIS Conference 29 Jan '19

29 Jan '19

------------------------ Call for Papers ----------------------------- The 16th International Conference on Mobile Web and Intelligent Information Systems (MobiWis 2019) Springer LNCS Series. 26-28 August 2019, Istanbul, Turkey http://www.mobiwis.org/2019/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The areas of the Web, mobile technologies, and information systems have been following a continuous and steady development over a number of years through the innovative research and practices of researchers, developers and practitioners from academia, industry, governmental and scientific organizations. The International Conference on Mobile Web and Intelligent Information Systems (MobiWis) aims to enable synergy between these areas and provides the premier venue to present and discuss latest research and developments related to research issues of the mobile web and the engineering of intelligent and innovative mobile systems and services. The conference comprises a set of carefully selected tracks that focus on the particular challenges regarding mobile Web and intelligent information systems in research areas such as, among others, Web Engineering, Service-Oriented Computing, Web of Things, Data and Knowledge Management, Cloud Computing, Security and Human-Computer Interaction. Conference Tracks: - Smart and Intelligent Systems - Mobile Software Systems - Adaptive Approaches for Mobile Computing - Middleware/SOA for Mobile Systems - Context- and Location-aware Services - Pervasive and Ubiquitous Applications - Data management in the Mobile Web - Mobile Cloud Services - Mobile Web of Things - Mobile Web Security, Trust and Privacy - Mobile Networks, Protocols and Applications - Mobile Commerce and Business Services - Socially Influencing Systems - HCI in Mobile Applications - Industry and Demos Important Dates: Submission Deadline: 11 March 2019 Authors Notification: 20 May 2019 Final Manuscript Due: 14 June 2019 Submission Instructions: Full papers must be in English and must not exceed 12 pages. Short papers should be limited to 8 pages. Papers should be formatted in Springer's LNCS format. See submission instructions on the conference website. Publication: All accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. For each accepted paper, at least one author must register for the conference and present the paper. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their papers for a special issues in international journals (see conference website). Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series is indexed by the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science (CPCI-S), included in ISI Web of Science, EI Engineering Index (Compendex and Inspec databases), ACM Digital Library, dblp, Google Scholar, Scopus, etc. See LNCS - Information on Abstracting and Indexing ( http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-1068921-0) Organizing Committee: General Co-Chairs: Markus Aleksy, ABB, Germany Perin Unal, Teknopar, Turkey Program Co-Chairs: Irfan Awan, University of Bradford, UK Mohammed Ghazal, Abu Dhabi University, UAE Local Organising Co-Chairs: Sezer Gören Ugurdag, Yeditepe University, Turkey Tacha Serif, Yeditepe University, Turkey Publication Chair: Muhammad Younas, Oxford Brookes University, UK Journal Special Issue Coordinator: George Ghina, Brunel University London, UK Workshop Coordinator: Tor-Morten Grønli, Kristiania University College, Norway Publicity Chair: Aneta Poniszewska-Maranda, Lodz University of Technology, Poland

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CFP: The 5th Int. Conference on Big Data Innovations and Applications (Innovate-Data 2019)
by MobiWIS Conference 29 Jan '19

29 Jan '19

------------------------ Call for Papers ----------------------------- The 5th International Conference on Big Data Innovations and Applications (Innovate-Data 2019) 26-28 August 2019, Istanbul, Turkey http://www.ficloud.org/innovate-data-2019/ (Springer: Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS)) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Big data has become a key asset in modern societies, economies, and governmental organizations. Big data encompasses various kinds of complex and large scale information that are beyond the processing capabilities of conventional software and databases. The increasing volume and velocity of the data, captured by business organizations, web repositories, social media, data centres, cloud and IoT, have resulted in the exponential growth of big data. Big data provides a key basis for innovations in various domains and applications. It can benefit data managers, developers, companies and various kinds of organizations to carry out useful analysis of data pattern and trends, make intelligent decisions, and solve complex problems that can help societies and economies and speed up innovations. The aim of the Innovate-Data conference is to promote the state of the art in scientific and practical research of big data and to bring together researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and public sector in an effort to present their research work and share research and development ideas. CONFERENCE TRACKS: Track: Big Data Storage, Representation and Processing Topics: Data storage; Data representation and structures; Data management; Data processing; Data engineering and design; Storages and network requirements Track: Big Data Security, Privacy and Trust Topics: Data Security; Data Privacy; Data Trust; Data protection and integrity; Legal and ethical issues; Identity theft; Data loss and leakage Track: Big Data Models, Infrastructure and Platforms Topics: Data models; NoSQL databases; Data consistency and availability; Fault tolerance and reliability; Network models and protocols; Performance evaluation; Resource management; Transaction management; RDBMS and big data; Memcached systems and techniques Track: Visualisation of Big Data Topics: Data visualisation, Visual representation; Usability and user interaction; Graphs models and techniques for big data; Data acquisition and cleaning Track: Big Data Analytics and Metrics Topics: Analytics models; Tools and technologies; Data patterns; Business intelligence and decision making; Optimization of resources and cost; Customer relations and satisfaction; Data economics; Metrics for big data; Analysis of online reviews Track: Big Data Science Topics: Big data science models; Data searching and mining; Methodologies and use cases; Machine learning and deep learning; Algorithms and formal models; Mathematical and Statistical models for big data; Interdisciplinary approaches and methods Track: Big Data Applications and Innovations Topics: Business applications; Social media and networks; Healthcare applications; Government and public sector systems; Multimedia and data streaming; Personal data logging and quantified-self; Context-aware data; Big data in cloud and IoT; Personalisation of data; Open and linked data Submission Instructions: Full papers must be in English and must not exceed 12 pages. Short papers should be limited to 8 pages. Papers should be formatted in Springer's LNCS format. See submission instructions on the conference website. Publication: All accepted papers are planned to be included in the conference proceedings published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. For each accepted paper, at least one author must register for the conference and present the paper. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their papers for a special issues in international journals (see conference website). Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series is indexed by the ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science (CPCI-S), included in ISI Web of Science, EI Engineering Index (Compendex and Inspec databases), ACM Digital Library, dblp, Google Scholar, Scopus, etc. See LNCS - Information on Abstracting and Indexing ( http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-1068921-0) Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their papers for a special issues in international journals (see Journal Special Issues section). Important Dates: Submission Deadline: 11 March 2019 Authors Notification: 20 May 2019 Final Manuscript Due: 14 June 2019 General Chair: William Knottenbelt, Imperial Colledge London, UK Program Co-Chairs: Salima Benbernou, UniversitÈ Paris Descartes, France Muhammad Younas, Oxford Brookes University, UK Local Organising Co-Chairs: Perin ‹nal, Teknopar, Turkey Sezer Gˆren Ugurdag, Yeditepe University, Turkey Tacha Serif, Yeditepe University, Turkey Publication Chair: Irfan Awan, University of Bradford, UK Workshop Coordinator: Filipe Portela, University of Minho, Portugal Publicity Chair: Fang-Fang Chua, Multimedia University, Malaysia Journal Special Issues Coordinator: Lin Guan, Loughborough University, UK

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CFP: 7th Int. Conf. on Future Internet of Things and Cloud (FiCloud 2019)
by FiCloud Conference 29 Jan '19

29 Jan '19

----------------------Call for Papers ------------------------------------------------ The 7th International Conference on Future Internet of Things and Cloud (FiCloud 2019), IEEE CS- TCI 26-28 August 2019, Istanbul, Turkey http://www.ficloud.org/2019/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Internet of Things (IoT) vision is to provide a dynamic and global network infrastructure which is characterized by intelligent and self configuring capabilities. IoT is considered as an integral part of the future Internet. It is based on interoperable communication protocols in order to enable the interaction and integration of virtual as well as physical Things such as computers, smart devices, sensors, cars, refrigerators, food packages, medicines, etc. Things can be seamlessly integrated into the information network and interaction can be made through the provision of intelligent interfaces. In not so distant future, IoT will be forcing its way into every aspect of our lives and technologies including smart homes, smart cities, environment and nature, green energy, food, medicine, automotive, aerospace and aviation, telecommunication, and so on. IoT is generally characterized by real world and small Things, limited capacity, constrained devices and the consequential issues such as less reliability, security and privacy. Cloud computing on the other hand deals mainly with virtual world and has unlimited capabilities in terms of storage and processing power. Thus cloud and IoT are the main complementary aspects of the future Internet. IoT can benefit from the unlimited capabilities and resources of cloud computing. Similarly, cloud can benefit from IoT by extending its scope to deal with real world things in a more distributed and dynamic manner. The theme of this conference is to promote the state of the art in scientific and practical research of the IoT and cloud computing. It provides a forum for bringing together researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and public sector in an effort to present their research work and share research and development ideas in the area of IoT and cloud computing. CONFERENCE TRACKS: - Cloud Models - SaaS, IaaS, PaaS - Security, Privacy and Trust - Software Systems, Models and Architectures - Mobile Cloud Services - Data and Knowledge Management - Context-awareness and Location-awareness - Software-defined Networking - Performance Evaluation and Modelling - Networking and Communication Protocols - IoT Services and Applications - Smart Environment - Enterprise and Business Models - Energy Efficiency - Federation and Virtualization - Fog and Edge Computing - Industry Track - General Track Paper submission and Publication: Authors are requested to submit papers reporting original research results and experience. The page limit for full papers is 8 pages and for short papers is 6 pages. Papers should be prepared using IEEE two-column template. See instructions on the conference website ( http://www.ficloud.org/2019/) All papers accepted for this conference are planned to be published in the conference proceedings by the IEEE Computer Society Conference Publishing Service (CPS). The proceedings will be submitted to the IEEE-Xplore and the IEEE Computer Society (CSDL) digital libraries. The proceedings are also submitted for indexing through IEE INSPEC, EI (Compendex), Thomson ISI, and other indexing services. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers for special issues in international journals (see conference website). Important Dates: Submission Deadline: 11 March 2019 Authors Notification: 20 May 2019 Final Manuscript Due: 14 June 2019 General Chairs: Vincenzo Piuri, University of Milan, Italy Irfan Awan, University of Bradford, UK Program Chairs: Takahiro Hara, Osaka University, Japan Muhammad Younas, Oxford Brookes University, UK Local Organising Chairs: Perin Unal, Teknopar, Turkey Sezer Gören Ugurdag, Yeditepe University, Turkey Tacha Serif, Yeditepe University, Turkey Workshop Coordinator: Filipe Portela, University of Minho, Portugal Journal Special Issues Coordinator: Lin Guan, Loughborough University, UK Publicity Chair: Joyce El Haddad, University of Paris Dauphine, France Publication Chair: Barbara Masucci, University of Salerno, Italy Track Chairs: Antonio Celesti, University of Messina, Italy Edmundo Madeira, University of Campinas, Brazil Helen Karatza, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Joyce El Haddad, University of Paris Dauphine, France Khaled Aloufe, Taibah University, Saudi Arabia Luiz Fernando Bittencourt, University of Campinas, Brazil Madihah Mohd Saudi, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Malaysia Marcin Bajer, ABB Corporate Research Kraków, Poland Marisa Catalan Cid, i2Cat Foundation, Spain Marwan Hassani, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, The Netherlands Natalia Kryvinska, University of Vienna, Austria Patience Anitta Namanya, Nettitude Group, UK Rafael Angarita, INRIA and Isep, Paris, France Ron Austin, Birmingham City University, UK R. Venkatesha Prasad, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Tacha Serif, Yeditepe University, Turkey Tuna Tugcu, Bogaziçi University, Turkey Vijay S. Rao, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands A. S. M. Kayes, La Trobe University, Australia

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The 5th IEEE International Conference on Cloud and Big Data Computing (IEEE CBDCom 2019)
by Naercio Magaia 29 Jan '19

29 Jan '19

======================CALL FOR PAPERS============================== The 5th IEEE International Conference on Cloud and Big Data Computing (IEEE CBDCom 2019) http://cyber-science.org/2019/cbdcom/ Fukuoka, Japan, August 5-8, 2019 =================================================================== INTRODUCTION ============= The IEEE International Conference on Cloud and Big Data Computing is a premier forum for researchers, practitioners and developers who are interested in cloud computing and big data to explore new ideas, techniques and tools, as well as to exchange experience. Besides the latest research achievements, the conference covers also innovative commercial data management systems, innovative commercial applications of cloud computing and big data technology, and experience in applying recent research advances to real-world problems. IEEE CBDCom 2019 will be the fifth edition of the conference after the success of CBDCom 2015 in Beijing, CBDCom 2016 in Toulouse, CBDCom 2017 in San Francisco, and CBDCom 2018 in Guangzhou. It will continuously offer a platform for researchers to exchange novel studies, discuss important issues and explore key challenges in innovative cloud and big data for smarter world. IEEE CBDCom 2019 will be held on August 5-8, 2019, co-located with IEEE CyberSciTech 2019, IEEE DASC 2019 and IEEE PICom 2019, in Fukuoka, Japan. ================ IMPORTANT DATES ================ Workshop/SS Proposal Due: January 20th, 2019 Regular Paper Submission Due: March 20th, 2019 Wksp/SS/Poster Paper Due: April 20th, 2019 Authors Notification: May 25th, 2019 Camera-ready Submission: June 20th, 2019 Conference: August 5th-8th, 2019 ================ RESEARCH TRACKS ================ The 2019 edition of IEEE CBDCom will be organized in research tracks. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: *Track 1 - Data Science & Analytics* - Big Data Fundamentals & Novel Paradigms - Big Data Algorithms, Applications & Services - Big Data Mining & Analytics - Big data Processing & Querying - Big Data Visualization - Big Data Computing & Recommendations *Track 2 - Big Data Infrastructure & Management* - Big Data Cloud, Grid, Stream Computing - High Performance Platforms for Big Data - NoSQL Data Stores & DB scalability - Energy-Efficient Computing for Big Data - Recommendation & Social Media Systems - Big Data Availability & Reliability *Track 3 - Big Data Tools & Applications* - Complex Big Data Processing - BD in Networks & Communications - Big Data as a Service - Data Warehousing over Big Data - BD Machine & Deep Learning - Innovative Applications & Experiences *Track 4 - Cloud Management & Virtualization* - Virtualization Technologies - Cloud Computing Platforms - Public, Private & Hybrid Clouds - Green & Energy Management - Cloudlet and Serverless Computing - Resource Management, Storage & QoS *Track 5 - Cloud/Big Data Security, Privacy & Trust* - Security, Privacy & Reliability in Cloud & BD - Dependable/Trustworthy Big Data Processing - Security/Privacy/Trust as a Service - Blockchain in Cloud and Big Data Application - Cloud Attacks Detection and Prevention - Ethic Issues in Cloud & Big Data *Track 6 - Cloud/Big Data for IoT & Smart City* - Smart Data & Smart Environments - CBD for IoT & Cyber-Physical Systems - RFID & Related Technologies for IoT - M2M Communications and IoT - IoT and Smart City Infrastructures - Green Computing for Big Data & Smart City ============ SUBMISSION ============ Authors are invited to submit their original research work that has not previously been submitted or published in any other venue. Papers should be prepared in IEEE CS Proceedings format. IEEE formatting information: http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html - Proposals for organizing tutorials, workshops and special sessions need to be submitted to the Tutorials, Workshops and Special Sessions Chairs, respectively. A proposal should include title, theme, scope and main presenters/organizers. - Research paper (6-8 pages) should explore a specific technology problem and propose a complete solution to it, with experimental results. - Works-in-Progess (WIP) (4-6 pages) papers are expected to present either work currently in progress or less developed but highly innovative ideas. - Demo/Poster papers (2-4 pages) must describe working systems and be related to CBDCom. These systems may be innovative prototype implementations or mature systems that use related technology. Some papers originally submitted as full papers can be accepted as short papers or posters during the review process. In such cases, the authors will need to reduce the paper accordingly when preparing the camera-ready version. At least one of the authors of any accepted paper is requested to register and present the paper at the conference. All accepted papers in the main tracks and workshops will be published in an IEEE Computer Society proceedings (EI indexed). ======================== PUBLICATION HIGHLIGHTS ======================== All accepted papers in the main tracks, workshops, special sessions and demos/posters will be published in an IEEE Computer Society proceedings, indexed by - IEEE Xplore - Scopus - EI Engineering Index - ACM Digital Library - dblp - Google Scholar Extended version of the selected papers will be considered for publication in special issues of prestige journals (SCI/EI indexed). ------------------------------- Organizing Committees ------------------------------- Honorary Chairs Hamido Fujita, University, Japan Frank Hsu, Fordam University, USA General Chairs Anna Kobusińska, Poznań University of Technology, Poland Peng Li, The University of Aizu, Japan General Executive Chairs Bernady O. Apduhan, Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan Paulo Pires, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Rachid Benlamri, Lakehead University, Canada Program Chairs Shu Tao, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, USA Xiaoyan Wang, Ibaraki University, Japan Track 1. Big Data Science and Analytics Burak Kantarci, University of Ottawa, Canada Track 2. Big Data Infrastructure and Management Hao Wang, Norwegian University of Science & Technology, Norway Track 3. Big Data Tools and Applications Dionisis Margaris, University of Athens, Greece Track 4. Cloud Management, Virtualization and Service Tsozen Yeh, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan Track 5. Cloud/Big Data Security, Privacy and Trust Haiying (Helen) Shen, University of Virginia, USA Track 6. Cloud/Big Data for IoT and Smart City Zhi Liu, Shizuoka University, Japan Workshop Chairs Yue-Shan Chang, National Taipei University, Taiwan Shengli Pan, China University of Geoscience, China International Liaison & Publicity Chairs Naercio Magaia, University of Lisbon, Portugal Carlos Westphall, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil Samia Bouzefrance, CNAM, France Michał Boroń, Poznań University of Technology, Poland Kai Cheng, Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan Advisory Committee Georges Da Costa, lRIT, France Christophe Cerin, University of Paris XIII, France Jerry Gao, San Jose State University, USA Andrzej Gościński, Deakin University, Australia Carson K. Leung, University of Manitoba, Canada Jie Li, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China Kuan-Ching Li, Providence University, Taiwan Fuhua Oscar Lin, Athabasca University, Canada Yinglong Xia, Huawei Research America, USA Weishan Zhang, China Univ. of Petroleum, China Hong Zhu, Oxford Brookes University, UK Steering Committee Jianhua Ma, Hosei University, Japan Laurence T. Yang, SFX University, Canada Huansheng Ning, Univ. Sci and Tech Beijing, China Julien Bourgeois, UBFC, France Mazin Yousif, T-Systems International, USA Albert Zomaya, University of Sydney, Australia Please visit the IEEE CDBCom 2019 website http://cyber-science.org/2019/cbdcom/ for the complete listing of organizing committee and TPC members.

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